Emergency medicine resident attitudes and perceptions of HIV testing before and after a focused training program and testing implementation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1165-1173

  Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^a   Jung, Julianna J ^a   Shahan, Judy B ^a   Moring Parris, Daniel ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a   Rothman, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and perceptions; Educational program; Emergency department; HIV testing; Implementation; Operational barriers; Physicians

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73249153395     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00507.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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